Whatcom County has found a bargain solution to its facility needs: shelling out $8 million for an office building near Sehome Village owned by Western Washington University. That’s nearly eight times ...

About 5,000 electrical customers were without power early Wednesday in Whatcom County, after strong winds overnight from a series of storms that have battered Western Washington for more than a week.

One of the hardest hit areas from floodwaters is Whatcom County. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial New class of warship to be named after Trump Michele and Rob Reiner's children share ...

Counties throughout Western Washington have issued immediate orders to evacuate as catastrophic floodwaters threaten riverside and low-lying communities Thursday. An estimated 100,000 Washington ...

Residents in low-lying areas of Whatcom County were bracing for a repeat of devastation from 2020 and 2021 as the rain-swollen Nooksack River appeared ready to overflow its banks early Wednesday and ...

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A photograph going around social media claims to show a gray wolf standing in a field on Smith Road in rural Whatcom County. It’s a grainy color image of what appears to be a canine larger than a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has made the implementation of tariffs a key component of his second term, including widespread tariffs on Canadian goods. That policy decision, along with statements by ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — First responders are now calling Whatcom County "the safest place in Washington to go into cardiac arrest." Right now, almost every single patrol car in Whatcom County is equipped ...

The Bellingham Public Schools District is proposing two levies. The first is Proposition 2025-05, a three-year supplemental operations levy meant to support ongoing operational needs and help ...

Challengers Jessica Rienstra and Kyle Christensen, who ousted incumbent Whatcom County Councilmember Tyler Byrd in the August primary, are squaring off in the Nov. 4 general election, with a chance at ...

YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. SO THE MAP THAT THEY VOTED ON AND APPROVED IS AN AMENDED MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS PATOKA AND HERTEL. AND THIS CAPS OFF A LONG PROCESS THAT INVOLVED SEVERAL ...